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Physics and Astronomy

ASTR378 - General Relativity and Cosmology

Course material

Part I:  Special Relativity (J Cresser)

Lecture notes

Special relativity lecture notes These are detailed notes that summarize much of the lecture material.

Special relativity lecture slides These are the slides presented in lectures.

Assignments 

Assignment 1

Assignment 1 Solutions

Assignment 2

Assignment 2 Solutions

Special relativity mid-term test solutions

Part II:  General Relativity (M Wardle)

Part III:  Cosmology (D Zucker)

Lecture slides

I. Introduction

II. The Universe Around Us

III. Newtonian Cosmology

IV. Geometry of the Universe

V. General Relativistic Cosmology

VI. Distances and Luminosities

VII. Simple Cosmological Models

VIII. Observational Parameters

IX. The Cosmological Constant

X. Dark Matter

XI. The Hot Big Bang and the Cosmic Microwave Background

XII. Big Bang Nucleosynthesis

XIII. Inflation

Assignments

Assignment 1

Assignment 2

Assignment 3

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